Twin connection for fire-hydrants.



v INVENTOH W. H. B, HALAHAN. TWIN CC NNEQTION FOR FIRE HYDRANTS. IAPPUCAHON mm 020.2. ms.

Patented July 25, 1910.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 235., tutti i Application filed December 2, 1915. Serial No. 641,705.

To all whom it may concern Be it known'that l, VVILLTA H. B. Ham- HAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Rye, in the county of Westchester and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Twin Connec' tion for Fire-Hydrants, f which the fob and exact description. 1, I

The invention relatcsto the hose connection between a hydrant and a fire engine, and its object is to provide a new and improved twin connection arranged to supply practically double the amount of water from an ordinary hydrant to the pump of the fire engine.

In order to accomplish the desired result use is made of a suction hose provided at the hydrant end with branch pipes termi mating in couplings adapted to be coupled to the usual two outlets of a fire hydrant, ate the water from both branch pipes.

A practical embodiment of the invention is representedin the accompanying draw ings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indiboth views. Figure 1 is a plan view of the improved twin connection attached to a hydrant; and Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same.

A fire hydrant of usual construction 13 provided with two outlets 11 and 12 to which can be coupled by couplings 13 and 14; the ends 15 and 16 of branch pipes 11, the said ends 15 and 16 being preferably. connee ted by swivel joints18 and 19 with'the branch pipes 17. The branch pipes 17 terminate in a nipple 20 attached to the suction end of the hose 21 adapted to be connected in the usual manner at the other end with the suction inlet of the pump of the lire engine. The ends 15 and 16 of the 17 are approximately each two and a half inches in diameter to correspond to the outlets 11 and 12 of the fire hydrant 1(),' but the nipple 20 and the hose 21 are approximately of five inches in if there is a difference tween the outlets 11 and 12 or the ang1 1- diameter so as to accommodate the water from both ends 15 and 16 of the branch pipes 17 thereby supplying: the pumping engine with practically double the amount of water thani is now usually obtained by the single connection of the suction hose with one of the outlets 11 and 1:2. The ends 15 and 16 of the branch pipes 17 are preferably swiveled to permit of readily plings 13 and 14 with the outlets 11 and 12 extending: at angles from the hydrant 10, as plainly'indicatcd in Figs. 1 and 2.

in the distance belarity thereof one relatively to'the other is somewhat different from the normal then the ends 15 and 16 on account of being swiveled permit ready connection of the an: plings 13 and ll-ivith the outlets 11 and 12.-

llaving thus claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent:

1. A twin connection for connecting a suction hose with a fire hydrant. comprising" a branch pipe having a nipple for connectin; a suction hose thereto and provided with swiveled ends having couplings for attach-- ing! them to the outlets of a fire hydrant, the nipple loving, ot'a diameter approximately double that of the swiveled ends of said pipe.

2. A twin connection for connecting a suction hose path a fire hydrant, consisting of a. pipe having, a centrally arranged nipple 1 WILLIAM ll. BJHALAHAN.

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WM. ll. Sateen, Josern: J. Haas.

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